With the Mt SAC Relays and the Clermont (FL) crew warming things up, lightning struck in more places than just Waco, TX!
And yes, lightning DID strike in Waco (along with tornado warnings!), causing the Michael Johnson meet to end prematurely with 3 or 4 events to go!
One of the POSSIBLE records left hanging there was Demi Payne's march toward a much higher height than the 14-1.25 she'd achieved before lightning struck!
So don't blame Demi for jumping "just" 14-1.25!
As for REAL records, Vashti Cunningham, still a HS Junior, took care of that!
She cleared a HSR of 6-4.25 at Mt SAC!
(And tried 6-6 three times!!)
It's the Junior Class record, adding to her Frosh and Soph Class records!
BTW, she broke Amy Acuff's (and Toni Young's) HS and Class marks.
Acuff at one time held ALL FOUR Class marks!
IF...I say IF...Vashti doesn't turn Pro, she'll have a chance to match Acuff's feat!
She is just 0.75 inches from equaling the Age 17 record!
She moves from 3rd to 1st on the A-T HS list.
More significantly, she becomes 22nd A-T US, tied with 2 others!
Raven Saunders is another young one who moved into territory normally reserved for veterans.
She threw the SP out to 59-9.75 at Mt SAC (finishing 3rd, behind 2 Pros), breaking her own Collegiate Frosh Class record!
And she finally moves onto the OUTdoor A-T Collegiate list.
She's now 12th on that list!
And....she's now 24th on the A-T US list!!
One of the women who beat Saunders was Jeneva Stevens.
Her Put of 61-1.50 is an OUTdoor PR, but she remains 18th A-T US.
Oregon's Jenna Prandini, a Junior Duck, exploded onto the National (World?) sprint scene in a BIG way at Mt SAC.
She doubled in the 100 and 200 (same day!), winning both in 10.92 and 22.42.
Her 100 time is the Collegiate Junior Class record.
It ties the Mt SAC Meet Record, held by the iconic Merlene Ottey, who ran her time in 1985!
Prandini becomes the 2nd fastest Collegiate 100 Woman of All Time!
And she is now 24th A-T US, tied with 2 others!
In the 200, her 22.42 places her 16th A-T Collegiate, tied with 1 other.
Vernon Norwood ran a great 400 of 44.44!
He's now 9th A-T Collegiate!
Michael Lihrman transferred his WT abilities into the Hammer Throw, getting a big PR of 243-0.
He's now 16th A-T Collegiate.
He misses the A-T US list by just 10 inches!
Dior Hall keeps improving as a Collegiate Frosh.
In fact, her 12.89 in the 100H is the new Collegiate Frosh Class record!
But she still is 0.09 seconds short of the A-T Collegiate list!!
As I briefly mentioned in my "extra" post from yesterday, Erin Teschuk (from that NCAA powerhouse North Dakota State--LOL) won the 3000SC in a great 9:43.83.
She's now 15th A-T Collegiate.
Not sure, but I believe this was her first-ever Steeplechase!!
I don't have lists for HS Relays, but the Great Oak (CA) team of girls, led by superstar Destinny Collins, ran 2 good races at Mt SAC...on different days.
They went after the HSR in the 4XMile (19:56.75).
One problem, however.
They were running the 4X1600!!
So the calculators were brought out, trying to figure what they would need to break that 4XMile record!
I could have saved them the time and trouble.
Guys (or gals), you can NOT break the HSR in the 4XMILE while running the 4X1600!!
Yet those ignorant slaves to the entire 1600-3200 monstrosity told us Great Oak's time of 19:53.81 made them 3rd A-T.
On WHICH list??
(Oh yeah, I forgot---on the 4XMILE list!)
Anyway, "GO" came back the next day to win the DMR in 11:46.92.
Collins ran anchors for both in the low-4:50's.
Jeff Henderson exploded out to 27-10.75 in the LJ.
He moved from 18th A-T US, tied with 1 other, up to 10th.
And he's now 20th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
At the Oregon Relays, HSer Matt Maton finished 4th in his 1500 race (won by Mac Fleet in 3:40+), but his time of 3:42.54 makes him 3rd A-T HS, behind only Alan Webb and Jim Ryun.
One slight "cloud" over that accomplishment.
He just turned 19, an age most connected to Collegiate Frosh!
(Occasionally even a Collegiate Soph!!)
Jack Shepard's great book, HS Track, lists Age records for US HSers.
But he only lists Age records for Ages 14 through 18!
So should Maton's mark be allowed on HS lists?
I'll be listing it, but it definitely weakens the impact of his time.
There were some interesting results that don't make my lists, but they're interesting nonetheless.
For example, HSer Teahna Daniels used the Clermont winds to run the 100 in 11.15.
The wind wasn't much--2.4--but it prevents her from making my list.
She won her heat!
In the final, with the wind stronger at 3.9, she finished 6th in 11.21.
The winner?
How about Dafne Schippers, in 10.90!!
Kaylin Whitney, the new HS Pro, also had a windy race.
She ran 23.25 in the 200 for 6th place, using a wind of just 2.1.
Speaking of HS Professionals, Alexa Efraimson had a good opener to her OUTdoor Pro track career!
She finished 3rd (to winner Sarah Brown and Stephanie Brown) in the Mt SAC race.
Her 4:09.43 isn't a PR (it's 4:07.05 from last year).
However, she counted among her "victims" Collegiate biggies Dominique Scott and Colleen Quigley!!
She remains 2nd on the VERY short HS PRO list, behind Mary Cain!
(As Cain's now in college, Efraimson could get that mark!)
BTW, in her post-race interview, Alexa said her next race will be at Payton Jordan.....in the 5000 meters!!
(Given everything being copacetic--health, weather, pace--I'm predicting Efraimson running UNDER 15:30!! And surely beating Cain's HSR time--even though she won't be eligible to break it!)
And speaking of Miss Mary, HER OUTdoor season opener wasn't too good!
Even though she finished 2nd (to UO's Annie Leblanc), her time of 4:17.91 pales considerably when put against Efraimson's opener!
Different meets, different races, etc etc, but you can't help but wonder what's going on with Cain.
(See my somewhat "controversial" comments in my post from yesterday!!)
Alysia Montano ran....the 400!!
She was 3rd in her race, running 53.01!
(Remember, she went out in 53.83 in her 1:23.59 INdoor 600 a couple of years ago!)
Stephanie Jenks had a good time---in the 1600.
That said, her 4:40.78 was a very good time.
She beat Hannah Long by about 3 seconds!
Add Sami Spenner to the growing list of Collegiate 6000 point scorers (in 2015) in the Heptathlon!
Her total of 6019 points moves her from 21st to 19th on the A-T Collegiate list!
Sophia Rivera threw the Javelin 162-9.
This makes her 19th A-T HS, tied with 1 other.
Sarah Baxter ran her first (??) track 5000 at the Oregon Relays.
But her 7th place finish, and time of 16:40.44, aren't too promising.
Hopefully, she's just in a training build-up phase!
Shawn Barber won the PV.
Nothing shocking, right?
BUT...his winning height of a mere 17-6.50 IS shocking.
I'm sure there must have been a good reason he wasn't going his average height of 19-plus!
I have 4 "old" marks---from a week or so ago.
Tim Glover had a Javelin Throw of 275-10.
It's a 3 inch PR, but he remains 5th A-T US.
Meagan Gray PV'ed 13-9, making her 11th A-T HS, tied with 3 others.
Margaret Ollinger PVed 13-6.25, making her 23rd A-T HS, tied with 2 others!
In the Milan (Italy) Marathon, Ken Mungara of Kenya broke the Age 40 (and over!) record, running 2:08:44.
BTW, he's 41.
I mentioned some "interesting" marks I had to report.
Well, here's a few more.
Andre DeGrasse, that fast-emerging (pun intended!) Canadian sprinter, won a 100 in 9.87.
The wind was a mere 4.0!!
In Jenna Prandini's 10.92 race, veteran Muna Lee showed some comebacking wheels, running a solid 11.02.
She was 3rd in that race.
In a separate race, UO's Jasmine Todd used a wind of 2.3 to run 11.03.
Duane Solomon was advertising an attempt on Johnny Gray's WR in the 600.
But, as most WR attempts go, it fell a bit short.
He won the race, however, in 1:15.41.
Still not bad for a season opener!
You'd think a 4X100 team with Jeneba Tarmoh, Dawn Harper-Nelson, Ginnie Crawford, AND Allyson Felix on it could run faster than 43.59.
Or at least WIN the race!!
But no, they finished just 3rd!
SRR--aka Sanya Richards-Ross--also had a wake-up call in her 400 race at Mt SAC.
But her "alarm clocks" were super Collegians Courtney Okolo and her Texas teammate Kendell Baisden!
They ran 50.99 and 51.22, beating SRR's time of 51.49.
Again, not bad for a "rust-buster".
Brenda Martinez came from behind to easily win the Mt SAC 800, running 2:00.83.
She negative split the race!
In a different meet, Ajee Wilson ran 2:01 something!
I can't find the meet results---or even which meet it was, but I saw on Twitter that coming-back-from-injury/illness Erin Finn ran a 5000 in 15:41.
When I find out the details, I'll post it here (in another blog post!).
In my weekly Kayla Montgomery Update, I'm happy to report that, after a week's "rest" (She still trained!) after her 35:49 10K, she finished 2nd (scoring 8 team points!!) to a Lipscomb teammate in a SLOWWWW 5000, running 18:08.28.
For perspective, in her 10000, she averaged 17:54 for her two 5K's!
I'm sure they were just running for points, not time!
I'll close with a Road Race report!
In the lead-up to tomorrow's Boston Marathon, the BAA held a 5000 meter road race.
And American Records were broken by Ben True and Molly Huddle!
True's 13:22 broke Marc Davis's 13:24, dating from the 90's!
Second, in 13:23, was Stephen Sambu.
But it was Huddle's race that really excited me.
And it wasn't her time of 14:50 (!!) that excited me so much!
After all, she's the track 5K AR holder at 14:42 and change.
But check out the field of WORLD CLASS women she beat!
Sentayehu Ejigu
Mamitu Daska
Gelete Burka
(And 3 other Africans of some renown!)
They weren't exactly crawling, either.
Ejigu was 2nd in 14:51.
Daska was 3rd in 14:52.
And Burka was 4th in 14:57!
Huddle OUTKICKED them!!!
This bodes VERY well for her medal chances (in the 10000!!) in Beijing---and Rio!!
What's next?
Well, like I said earlier, I'll have a post about tomorrow's Boston Marathon.
But next week are the Drake and Penn Relays---among many other meets.
Surely I'll have SOME good records and marks for you then!
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